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Date: Sep 5, 2005


This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)

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                          The War is Real

Child of Mine, the war for souls is real, and your enemy the devil does 
not fight fairly.  It is his desire to keep the lost locked in darkness 
and in their blindness and bondage, so that they do not turn to Me and 
receive life from My hand.  He will use any resource he can towards that 
goal; even at times attacking or discrediting those who speak My words 
of life.

Do not allow his tactics to make you afraid of being My witness. Yes, the 
enemy of souls will resist you as you proclaim the message of life that I 
have put in your mouth.  But child, I am greater than he is, and I am with 
you and I will never leave you nor abandon you.  When you need the right 
words, I will put them in your mouth.  When you need My protection, I will 
place My banner over you.  My power is greater than all of the power of the 
enemy and My love is greater and more effective than the full force of his 
hate.  

I have chosen you and I have commissioned you as My witness.  I am sending
you out. Do not be afraid to go. Do not fear when you hear stories of how
the enemy is resisting this one or that one of My witnesses.  His resistance 
is going to increase greatly in the coming days in many places. There will 
be lies and false accusations and misunderstandings, and the enemy will do 
all that he can to discredit My witnesses. He will try to make you look bad.
He will magnify your past failures and throw them back at you.  He will even 
cause some of you to suffer persecution for My name's sake. 

Don't fear and don't be surprised if this happens to you. It will not be
nearly as bad at it sounds, for I will be with you in it and I will work My 
glory in each of your situations.  My Spirit is within you to give you a 
peace that surpasses your circumstances.  I will fill you with My joy even 
when the situations you are in are sad or sobering.  My presence with you 
and My peace and comfort upon you will be a great and powerful testimony of 
the reality of the gospel.

There are times when I will deliver you supernaturally and give you a great
and powerful testimony. My arm is not shortened and My hand is still mighty 
to deliver those who are called by My name. I have given you authority to 
tread on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the devil. That 
authority is very real.  You will heal the sick in My name, for I will 
empower you to do that just as I empowered My dear Son when He ministered 
on this earth.  There will be times when I will work signs and wonders and 
miracles through you, that I might glorify My name.  There will be times 
when I will bring such a mighty deliverance on your behalf that the 
testimony and fame of it will spread through the media even to other lands, 
in order that My name might be lifted up and that men might believe on Me.

There are also going to be times when I will allow you to suffer for My 
name's sake, just as My servant Paul suffered persecution for proclaiming 
the gospel to the nations.  Do not fear if that happens to you, for I will 
make a provision for you both in this life and in the one to come.  I will 
never abandon you in those times, I will strengthen you and cause you to 
walk in peace and joy in the midst of the attack. I will draw you into 
greater depths of intimacy with Me.  I will and hold you in the hollow of 
My hand in these times and I will manifest Myself to you and overflow you 
with My love and strength.  When people observe you walking in My joy and 
peace and love in the midst of persecution, it will be a powerful testimony 
to My name -- a testimony that will cause many to come into the kingdom 
because they see My reality in the midst of your difficulty.  Do not fear 
if I call you to suffer briefly for My name's sake, for I will substain 
your spirit in this life and I will reward you greatly in the life to come.
Child, do not be afraid to suffer for My name's sake.

Know that I am the God of power and deliverance for many of My own. I send
My own out as My witness and I protect them as they go, that they might 
proclaim My name and go forth in My power.  Those who plan and strategize 
against them to silence their testimony will not be able to touch them, 
for My protective covering will overshadow My own.  Child, do not fear to 
be My witness.  I will be with you to demonstrate the reality of the good 
news that I have given you to proclaim.  I will be your mighty deliverer 
and your very real help in the time of trouble and I will provide for all 
of your needs.  I will glorifly My name through you, for you are My witness.  
I am sending you out to testify of Me and I will back up that testimony 
with signs and wonders and great power so that the lost may be won to Me.